Youth

This community is a space for Housing Is members interested in youth. Low-income youth face unique challenges and opportunities as their families move towards self-sufficiency through housing assistance; some youth are experiencing homelessness or are independent from guardians.

Found 3 resources.
Policy Brief Mon, 04/05/2021

Summer programs can be essential supports for equitable recovery and accelerating learning. Summer learning programs have the power to be a game changer for youth. Programs can help students re-connect with peers and caring adults, re-engage in learning, and accelerate students’ social, emotional, and academic recovery.
Author/Publisher: AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE
Early childhood, Education, Grade-level proficiency, Low-income, Out-of-school time, School-readiness, Youth
Shared by Housing Is on Apr 6, 2021
Policy Brief Mon, 04/05/2021

Summer programs can be essential supports for equitable recovery and accelerating learning. Summer learning programs have the power to be a game changer for youth. Programs can help students re-connect with peers and caring adults, re-engage in learning, and accelerate students’ social, emotional, and academic recovery.
Author/Publisher: AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE
Early childhood, Education, Grade-level proficiency, Low-income, Out-of-school time, School-readiness, Youth
Shared by Housing Is on Apr 6, 2021
Policy Brief Mon, 10/29/2018
In this Focus on Unaccompanied Youth brief, we review data and information that help us answer the following questions: • What is the scale of youth homelessness? • What do we know about unaccompanied youth who experience homelessness? • What do we know about patterns of homelessness among unaccompanied youth? • What do we know about youths’ risks for experiencing homelessness? • What are the most significant gaps in available data and our current understanding of unaccompanied youth who experience homelessness?
Author/Publisher: U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
Shared by Mica O'Brien on Nov 1, 2018